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Richard Shepherd was born on 4 June 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Towering Inferno (1974) and The Hunger (1983). He was married to Patricia Shepherd and Judith Mayer Goetz. He died on 14 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Father of producer <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0791863/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Scott Shepherd</a>.

Founded the Artists Agency, representing stars like Marilyn Monroe, Rex Harrison and Richard Harris.

Hired by Lew Wasserman for MCA after graduating from Stanford.

Paramount Studios executive Marty Rackin wanted the song &quot;Moon River&quot; to be cut from <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0054698/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Breakfast at Tiffany&#39;s (1961)</a>, but Shepherd replied &quot;over my dead body&quot;.

Served with the U.S. Army during World War II, covering stories for Stars and Stripes Magazine from occupied Germany.

Served as head of production at Warner Brothers, 1970-76 and MGM, 1976-82.

One of his first jobs was selling syndicated TV shows. Because Jews were ostracized in some areas where he worked, he changed his name to Shepherd.

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